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Round 2 of the 2009 Formula One World Championship takes us to Kuala Lumpur and the 5.5km Sepang International Circuit. Part of the grand prix world since 1999, the track features several long straights and two of the tightest hairpins this side of Monaco.........

Past Winners..................
---Eddie Irvine(Ferrari), 1999
---Michael Schumacher(Ferrari), 2000-2001 & 2004
---Ralf Schumacher(Williams-BMW), 2002
---Kimi Raikkonen(McLaren-Mercedes, 2003 & Ferrari, 2008)
---Fernando Alonso(Renault-2005, McLaren-Mercedes, 2007)
---Giancarlo Fisichella(Renault), 2006


Event Schedule....................
*Friday Practice 1, 10-11:30am, 3 April 2009(10-11:30pm 2 April US EDT)
*Friday Practice 2, 2-3:30pm, 3 April 2009(2-3:30pm 3 April, US EDT)
*Saturday Practice, 2-3pm, 4 April 2009(2-3am, 4 April 2009)
*Knockout Qualifying, 5pm, 4 April 2009(5am, 4 April 2009)
*2009 Malaysian Grand Prix, 5pm, 5 April 2009(5am, 5 April 2009)

35 minutes into the session..........only six drivers have posted times so far:
---Raikkonen, 1:37.628
---Nakajima, 1:38.085
---Hamilton, 1:38.316
---Kovalainen, 1:38.483
---Rosberg, 1:38.721
---Massa, 1:38.897

Trulli and Glock now post times.............
Trulli, 1:39.084
Glock, 1:39.914

Approaching 40 minutes into the session.............top-5 at the moment,
Raikkonen, Massa, Rosberg, Hamilton, Nakajima

Surprisingly, Alonso has yet to take a flying lap!

Massa resets fastest S1 time[25.0].......only to see Barrichello in the Brawn BGP001 knock it down by a tenth[24.9]

Rosberg now tops on the T/S charts, w/a 1:37.265
Trulli sets fastest S2 time[32.2]

Alonso now on his first flying lap..............


Top-5: Rosberg, Massa, Vettel, Trulli, Webber

Barrichello now P1, 1:37.260
Approaching halfway in the session..........

Rosberg resets fastest time in the session, dropping below 1:37 w/a 1:36.879!

Trulli moves up to 2nd w/a 1:37.255

Webber moves Trulli out of the way; takes 2nd w/a 1:37.075.......only to see last week's Australian GP winner, Jenson Button, knock him out of 2nd w/a 1:37.044

Now the times are starting to fall, as Sebby V moves to 3rd on the T/S charts.........

Most laps completed.................
Rosberg, Trulli, Glock, Nakajima w/10 laps each

Now Timo Glock joins the hit parade, moving to 2nd w/a 1:36.980

Fisichella resets fastest S1 time[24.9]

With 40 minutes remaining in the session, top-5 are..............
Rosberg, Glock, Button, Vettel, Webber

Glock on a flyer; can he knock Rosberg off of 1st?,.......................no; he stays in 2nd, still 0.1 behind Rosberg